Jan 29, 2025 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Like many of my baby booming kindreds, I have had a cell phone for a time that is now numbered in decades. It started out as the small shoebox size bag phone in my vehicle which I justified in case I had car trouble on the road. Then I upgraded to a...
Dec 25, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps …means a little bit more!” ~ Dr. Seuss “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all...
Nov 6, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A national study revealed recently that after most of us reach the age of 12, we cut back on the amount of readying we do. Too many of us try to absorb knowledge from TV and social media. I would argue that we don’t absorb but rather are numbed by the...
Oct 30, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener All Hallow’s Eve is tomorrow, but how did it get to be what it is today? Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the...
Sep 18, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Community involvement, community participation and …as always… community money is needed to keep the Crothersville History Center and Museum at Hamacher Hall maintained for future generations to enjoy. In the late 1990’s a local group—the Greater...
Sep 11, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The blackberry crop was a bust in the wilderness this summer. And because of the lengthy hot, dry weather, I am not hopeful that my usual hickory nut honey hole will be productive next month. But, trying to be an optimistic forest dweller on Labor Day...
